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“How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!” Jane Austen, Emma
“The first step—in the direction of preparation to avert war if possible, and to be fit for war if it should come—is to teach our men to shoot.” Theodore Roosevelt, State of the Union Address
“For one human being to love another human being: that is perhaps the most difficult task that has been entrusted to us, the ultimate task, the final test and proof, the work for which all other work is merely preparation.” Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
“All things are ready, if our minds be so.” William Shakespeare, Henry V
“If he is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him.” Sun Tzu, The Art of War

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